I bought three of these on a tip from Willawake. Two are Rev.02 boards, and the 3rd (new) is Rev.01.
The Rev.02 boards are all blue top polymer 4v / 560uF around the VRM. This board has 13 total, 10 at the VRM. The older board has five yellow K-vent polymer, and 5 KZG.
The ATX12V input has four KZE 16v / 2200uF on the old board, and ZL on the new board. Field KZE now have ZL on the new board.
I plan to recap all the AT12V and VRM caps.
Q: for the VRM, should I only recap KZE, or pull all ten and recap with blue top polymer?
Observations:
I like this board. I/O shields are difficult to come by, and there are MANY different cutout patterns. There is some adjustment for memory clocking, but Intel boards really aren't for overclockers. I'm running a pair of XMS2 Corsair 1gb DDR-400 sticks at stock clocking. The heat spreaders are warm to the touch but not hot.
The heatsink for this board is the Thermalright XP90. Weight, size and fit are perfect for the stock P4 retention bracket. I have a Panaflo 92mm 12H that is acceptably quiet mounted on the XP90. This same fan at the rear of the case (Dell mount) is too loud.
The XP90 benefit is the significant cooling flow to the VRM. The fan overhang is on the I/O shield side, and it blows straight down on the VRM. The down draft also produces a significant breeze for the big north bridge sink. Cooling numbers are about the same between the XP90 and an Intel swirly fin stock HSF. The Intel HSF does nowhere near as good a job on VRM and NB cooling.
The Rev.02 boards are all blue top polymer 4v / 560uF around the VRM. This board has 13 total, 10 at the VRM. The older board has five yellow K-vent polymer, and 5 KZG.
The ATX12V input has four KZE 16v / 2200uF on the old board, and ZL on the new board. Field KZE now have ZL on the new board.
I plan to recap all the AT12V and VRM caps.
Q: for the VRM, should I only recap KZE, or pull all ten and recap with blue top polymer?
Observations:
I like this board. I/O shields are difficult to come by, and there are MANY different cutout patterns. There is some adjustment for memory clocking, but Intel boards really aren't for overclockers. I'm running a pair of XMS2 Corsair 1gb DDR-400 sticks at stock clocking. The heat spreaders are warm to the touch but not hot.
The heatsink for this board is the Thermalright XP90. Weight, size and fit are perfect for the stock P4 retention bracket. I have a Panaflo 92mm 12H that is acceptably quiet mounted on the XP90. This same fan at the rear of the case (Dell mount) is too loud.
The XP90 benefit is the significant cooling flow to the VRM. The fan overhang is on the I/O shield side, and it blows straight down on the VRM. The down draft also produces a significant breeze for the big north bridge sink. Cooling numbers are about the same between the XP90 and an Intel swirly fin stock HSF. The Intel HSF does nowhere near as good a job on VRM and NB cooling.
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